Educations High Quality

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Pre-algebra help on eduboard homework. I'm currently halfway through my third week of faculty and therefore the one issue that blows my mind every and each day is that the "mess". At no purpose in my teacher preparation program, or any of my 3 office semesters, or maybe my student teaching semester, did they ever mention what quantity paper traffic there's as a coach. I actually have piles upon piles of "things to read" and "worksheets to file" and even with a tantalum we won't appear to remain fixed. Daily new things area unit additional to my physical mailbox and my virtual mailbox, and the items that I produce, and the items that children leave on behalf of me. I mean seriously, why is there such a lot paper?

I discovered a dinky file system before the semester started reckoning that i might would like one thing to stay organized. It's like attempting to power my house with a potato. The matter is that my life is fully swing currently and that i haven't got the time to recreate my structure system in an exceedingly targeted, organized approach. I am scrambling to return up with one thing on the fly that may carry Maine through the remainder of the year.

Can we tend to please add room Organization a hundred and one to each teacher preparation program? Sheesh.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

The Education Industry in Australia is one of those quiet
earners. Year on year we have seen improvements, but after incidents of
last year, we have seen that our market can easily go away. Whether to
learn English or more advanced studies, students have many other choices
than Australia. With a low US dollar, countries like Canada and the USA
are much more competitive on the international market and the next few
years will see a heating up as countries like China do their best to
keep students in their own country. What is Australia doing about it?

Visa process.
The process of getting a student visa is still slow and a little
complicated compared to some other countries, and a shake up is
required. Although requirements for some countries such as India and
China have been lowered, it is important that we see improvements in the
actual process. The industry is currently waiting on government reports
and recommendations on this issue that should be released in the middle
of this year. Other countries such as the UK and New Zealand have much
lower visa fees and also do not require students to have money in the
bank for the whole course - requiring only to show they can support
themselves for a year. This is a more realistic option.

Study type. Countries like Canada are targeting India with a
broader and easily accessible trade and community courses. Australia has
seen a decline in these types of students as a result. Australia saw a
recent fall of around 10% in these types of English and trade studies.
These can often be bigger money earners than marketing courses and other
higher-end studies.

Bad press and losing India. The bad press in 2010 problems of
Indian students being the target of racial hate and attacks has meant a
real disaster for Australia. Applications have seriously plummeted.
What is Australia going to do about this to make it more appealing
again? The USA and Canada have capitalised on this right when their
dollars are cheaper. Indian student numbers will be less than 50% of
what they were.

Loss of fees and schools closing. Did you know that over 15
private colleges closed in 2010 and over 3000 students were affected -
many of them losing their fees. In an industry where people are choosing
a country, there is an obligation that must be met by the country to
guarantee the welfare of the students. We are selling our country and
not just its education.

Immediate effect. It must be understood that the drop in
students coming to Australia has an immediate effect on many jobs and
many lives in Australia. It is not just the economy that suffers. People
who have invested their lives in the industry are having their lives
shattered.

Pathway to permanent residency. There is always the issue
that many students use it as a pathway to a residency visa. Is this not
fair in itself? If people are investing many years of their life with
substantial financial investment, and they have good qualifications,
then why should they not be allowed to stay? We are living in an
international world and the more diversified Australia becomes, the
better off it will be. Australia needs to grow up and take a more
international approach to the students and their future, just like
Canada, the USA and Britain do.

If Australia does not
make serious changes to its attitude we will continue to see other
countries take advantage of the current situation further. We are at a
crucial turning point. If it was another industry such as mining, it
would be all over the news.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

There are lots of reasons why parents home school their kids.
Some feel the schools aren't safe, and it's true some are not. Some
parents worry about drugs, some worry about bullying. Yes, indeed, those
can be factors. But the main reason home schooling exists is because
many parents do not trust the public schools anymore. They don't trust
the schools to teach their kids correctly, the right information, or do
it in the way they would with integrity, decency, and honesty.
Political
correctness in our schools is also a reason I hear when I interview
home schooling parents, and interestingly enough, over the years I've
talked to 100s all over America. But how bad is the PC world of
education these days? Well, some parents get irate when explaining some
of the stories and experiences they've encountered. And in listening to
their critique, well, I cannot say I much blame them.
In fact, in a
story I almost cannot believe which was printed in an E-School News
article Titled; "White-washing of Literary Classics Paints Controversy"
in the February 2011 edition there was an article where "The Adventures
of Huckleberry Finn" was actually modified as to not offend black
students. Yep, they modified Mark Twain's work. Can you imagine
modifying a literary classic like that, and then having the kids read it
without telling them it has been modified? Talk about lack of
integrity! I am appalled.
But it brings me to another point, you
ought to have your home-schooled children also read; "Lies My Teacher
Told Me" as part of their at home curriculum as well. It just blows me
away that we can have adults in our educational system pull something so
childish. And if it really is "that bad" having a book with a
black-slave in it, then just don't have them read it at all, but
modifying it, changing anything is absolutely unethical in every way -
but it's even worse, because the educational system which demands
ethical students is doing it.
What does this teach our children I
ask? Scary stuff indeed, but luckily the story was picked up by CNNs
Anderson Cooper and played on TV to get the word out. Could it get any
worse you wonder? Sure it could, especially when everyone plays along
and no one stands up and says; "Hey, wait just one minute here!"
Well, I hope you've enjoyed today's topic, and I hope you will please consider all this and think on it.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

If you want to win at forex trading, then you can it's a learned
skill. That's the good news however 95% of traders lose and you must
understand the following key points and make them part of your essential
forex education. If you do, you will win...

Here are your key points, in no particular order of importance - there all important.

1. Forex Trading is NOT Easy!

Most
traders just think they can buy $100 buck robot or get a mentor and
someone will lead them to success. This is naïve and you know, if you
want success at anything you need to work at the basics and do your
homework.

Don't believe the sire fire systems or forex robots
which never have a real track record, just a back tested simulation and
keep in mind trading forward is what counts and that's hard.

Sure it's hard but that's why forex trading offers such huge rewards in terms of the effort you put in.

2. You are Responsible

If
you accept you are responsible for your destiny, you will put in the
effort to get the right forex education. You will learn a simple forex
trading strategy which is robust, you understand and can have confidence
in. If you have confidence then you will be able to acquire the next
key trait.

3. Discipline is the Key

When you trade forex you
are going to lose, the market is going to make you look a fool but
that's life in forex and doesn't mean you can't win - you can.

What
you must do is, have the discipline to apply you forex trading strategy
through periods of losses, until you hit a home run. To win you must
learn to lose gracefully in the short term and keep your eyes on the
long term prize.

Many traders believe they can trade with little
or no drawdown. They listen to the so called experts but the truth is -
you will have to face weeks of losses at a time and discipline is needed
in these periods, for you to emerge a winner.

4. You Need to Trade in Isolation

In
society we are taught to agree with the crowd but in forex trading this
leads to disaster, as 95% of traders lose money. You have to stay away
from the herd and even when your emotions are telling you to conform,
you need to stand aside. Get sucked into the herd mentality and you will
end up with the 95% of losers.

5. Patience

Not only do you
need patience to wait for the right opportunities, you also need
patience to take your losses and more importantly, to run your profits.

Many
traders get so excited when they have a profit, they move to soon to
protect it or bank it; whereas if they hung on they could have made huge
gains.

Becoming a Winner

If you want to become a winner in
forex, you need all the above attributes and if you do achieve them, you
will be on the way to currency trading success. They can lead you to a
great second income or even a life changing one, in around 30 minutes a
day.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Music lessons in childhood and particularly before the age of 7 can have a lasting effect on a child's development.

Here are some facts and figures:
1. Students in high-quality school music programs score higher on
standardized tests compared to students in schools with deficient music
education programs, regardless of the socioeconomic level of the school
or school district.

2. Students in top-quality music programs
scored 22% better in English and 20% better in math than students in
deficient music programs.

3. Students in top-quality instrumental programs scored 19% higher in English than students in schools without a music program.

4. Students in top quality instrumental programs scored 17% higher in Math than children in schools without a music program.

5.
Students at schools with excellent music programs had higher English
and Math test scores across the country than students in schools with
low-quality music programs.

6. Students in all regions with
lower-quality instrumental programs scored higher in English and Math
than students who had no music at all.

MENC (Music Educators
National Conference) Journal of Research in Music Education, Winter
2006, vol. 54, No. 4, pgs. 293- 307; "Examination of Relationship
between Participation in School Music Programs of Differing Quality and
Standardized Test Results" Christopher M. Johnson and Jenny E. Memmott,
University of Kansas

Students of the arts continue to outperform
their non-arts peers on the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test) according to
reports by the College Entrance Examination Board.

In 2006, SAT
takers with coursework/experience in music performance scored 57 points
higher on the verbal portion of the test and 43 points higher on the
math portion than students with no coursework or experience in the arts.

Scores
for those with coursework in music appreciation were 62 points higher
on the verbal and 41 points higher on the math portion.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Everyone has seen on recent newscasts, the stories about homeowners
in foreclosure who didn't take the time to read and comprehend
completely, their loan contracts. Is it that simple? Why didn't they
just sit down at a table for an hour and study it in full? The truth of
the matter, is that even if they had tried, the majority of them
wouldn't even be able comprehend them in full.

Its Only Going to Get Worse in the Future

Just
try to read the three page fine print average credit card contract! Not
only are the actual basic functions of today's financial contracts far
more intricate and confusing but they are also loaded with new terms and
phrases that make them impossible for the average person to comprehend.
The bad news is that it is only going to get worse in the future, as
new government regulations on financial and lending institutions are
imposed.

Packed With Easy to Understand Information

Fortunately
for today's parents there are financial education videos for teens that
can be procured online. Will your teen watch and study one until he or
she understands its content completely? Probably not, but these videos
are so loaded with relevant material that they will come away with
something lodged in their head that will find a use in their future.

Will Your Teen Be Ready for the Next Recession?

Even
if all that they come away with, is a basic understanding of the roller
coaster economic cycles that the U.S. economy has been going through
since its beginnings, that will be a big step. It will mean that just
maybe they will be prepared and ready for the next recession that will
undoubtedly hit in another twelve years or so.

Prepare Your Teen Now

By
then they will most likely have a home and family of their own and will
be even less likely to take your advice. This means that now is the
time to do what you can to prepare the hard-head for the future that is
waiting for them with a financial education video for teens.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

It would be almost impossible to make a comprehensive list of all
of the ways television and movies have mislead us or oversimplified
things when it comes to performing complex tasks over the years, but if
such a list existed, investing would likely be at or near the top. In
Hollywood, every stock transaction is done on a whim thanks to a red hot
stock tip gotten from someone on the inside or someone's crazy uncle
who can see into the future. In reality, hot stock tips to exist, but
even the hottest ones are researched meticulously so that those involved
don't lose their shirts. Researching stocks is a bit of an art form,
however, the Internet has made doing most of the heavy lifting easy.
Here are a few tips for the amateur stock researcher to follow.
If
you are a smart investor than you have a full service stock broker on
speed dial that you can speak with at any time. Before you make the
final decision to buy a stock, it is always a good idea to tap into the
huge knowledge base that your broker has at his or her disposal and see
if this stock is all its cracked up to be. This is one of the major
reasons why having a full service broker is better than using one of the
online stock trading websites. With a full service broker, they can
give you more information that the vital statistics associated with a
particular stock. They will likely know about any sort of breaking news
associated with that company and what the daily activity has been on
that stock (are people buying or are people selling.) Most importantly,
they can also give you information that only they are privy to that
might or might not have been made public yet. The best research tool any
investor can have is a good stock broker.
If you have made the
decision to invest online on your own, there is still quite a bit of
information available on the Internet. Many online stock trading
websites not only deliver a huge amount of raw data to their users about
how a stock has performed over the short and long term, but also how to
read that data. They have dozens of graphs, charts and read outs that
try to put the raw data into context. What these sites can't do, really,
is interpret the data and tell you how all of that is likely going to
affect the stock's future performance. Of course, this is speculation
and not statistical analysis, but knowing how a stock has performed in
the past doesn't really help you if your fortunes are going to be
determined by what the stock does in the future. Research can only help
give you some context on where the stock has been.
Finally, having
a subscription to a daily newspaper like the Wall Street Journal, or at
least an online subscription to their webpage, is an essential way you
can do research, just bear in mind that there are millions of other
people reading the same information and likely acting on the same trends
you are. It isn't really possible to get a "hot stock tip" from the
financial newspaper of record, but it can help you spot trends and news
that can affect how the market is going to perform in the future.
Stock
research is a vital part of any healthy investment strategy. However,
having a plugged in stock broker on your side is the best research
assistant possible.